Method and apparatus for suppressing wind noise

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PATENT NO 9916841
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15177807

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The invention includes a method, apparatus, and computer program to selectively suppress wind noise while preserving narrow-band signals in acoustic data. Sound from one or several microphones is digitized into binary data. A time-frequency transform is applied to the data to produce a series of spectra. The spectra are analyzed to detect the presence of wind noise and narrow band signals. Wind noise is selectively suppressed while preserving the narrow band signals. The narrow band signal is interpolated through the times and frequencies when it is masked by the wind noise. A time series is then synthesized from the signal spectral estimate that can be listened to. This invention overcomes prior art limitations that require more than one microphone and an independent measurement of wind speed. Its application results in good-quality speech from data severely degraded by wind noise.

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MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITEDDUBLIN

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Hetherington, Phillip Alan Port Moody, CA 42 296
Li, Xueman Burnaby, CA 29 875
Zakarauskas, Pierre Vancouver, CA 22 881

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